RNS Morning Report: After traditionalist churches left, UMC may be more — not less — diverse

Top Stories After traditionalist churches left, UMC may be more — not less — diverse (RNS) — Even after the departures, 24% of North Carolina clergy remaining in the denomination disagree with allowing LGBTQ people to get married and ordained within the denomination.   In time for Passover, the first Ukrainian-language Haggadah goes to print (RNS) — ‘It is a symbol of how we’ve manifested as Ukrainian Jews, that we are something different, not just Soviet Jews anymore,’ said the translator of the Passover liturgy.   How not to comfort the mourning: Hospital chaplain J.S. Park talks grief in new book (RNS) — ‘The biggest myth I see is that grief is a poison to get past,’ said Park.   Prominent New York church, sued for gender bias, moves forward with male pastor candidate (AP) – Candidate Kevin R. Johnson, founding pastor of Dare to Imagine Church in Philadelphia, will be recommended for the congregation’s approval to lead the more than 200-year-old Abyssinian Baptist Church, RNS Opinion How can a denomination based on reconciling differences split over its disagreements? (RNS) — The United Methodist Church has to stop fracturing over sexuality and learn to live with our differences.   Indian protesters pull from poetic tradition to resist Modi’s Hindu nationalism (The Conversation) — Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination. ICYMI A memoir explores a shattering childhood and narrow escape (RNS) — 'Between Two Trailers' is part of a growing genre describing in harrowing detail the abuse and neglect of parents caught in a maze of mental illness and religion.   Solar New Year celebrations unite religious groups across the South Asian diaspora (RNS) — This week, people of all South Asian backgrounds celebrated the Hindu Solar New Year in their unique, regional ways. But common threads between the holidays, many say, have the power to unite those living in the diaspora. In Other News UK’s first major Muslim film festival announces lineup Attack on religious leader in Sydney to be investigated as terror-related, police say   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. RNS is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend